a magic stick made of wood. That leaves black magical bad luck on paper. about 15 centimeters long. used in harry potter number 8, where harry uses it to kill yet again (he who shall not be named). mwaha.

1.)A writing and drawing tool made of graphite and wood. Comes in various shapes (lenght, color). Also available in different degrees of strenght (in Germany: 2B, B, HB, H, 2H - from soft to hard).
Can be used in zero-gravity.

1.) American in a russian space-station MIR:
American: *takes out a biro*
"See? We spend 100.000.000 $ to develop this new biro. One can write in space, underwater and upside-down with it."
Russian: "Quite impressive!" *takes notes with his pencil*